Notice Information
Notice Title
HCT - Speech & Language Therapy assessments
Notice Description
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust ("HCT") (the Authority") has a waiting list of children and young people that require Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions.<br/><br/>HCT is working with the Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWEICB) and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to outsource most of these patients in an effort to reduce the waiting times for an assessment and interventions. As such, the Authorities are seeking proposals from appropriately qualified companies who can take on the outstanding assessments and interventions to assist with reducing the numbers of children and young people on the waiting list.<br/><br/>HCT is seeking a value for money, high quality service that will be responsive to the needs of the client. Robust contract management and good effective liaison with HCT's key contacts will be required.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Supplier will be required to carry out Speech Language Therapy assessments and interventions on the cohort of children that is provided to them on behalf of HCT, at the scale required and within the timeframes of delivery.
Assessments and interventions will be expected to be primarily face to face, delivered in schools, clinics and homes. A small percentage can be virtual.
The Supplier will be an expert provider of NICE compliant Speech and Language Therapy assessments and evidence based interventions. Interventions must follow the HCT model of delivery.
Part of the service will include providing feedback and a completed report to the parents and child, as well as a copy of the final report to the HCT Speech and Language Therapy Service for their records.
The Supplier will provide monthly updates in a format agreed by HCT, reporting on completed assessments, summarising the number of children seen and those who have not attended their appointment.
The Supplier shall performance monitor its activities / services to demonstrate that the Services are achieved and where not achieved the extent of any shortfall is identified, reported and acted upon.
Detailed supporting information will be made available to HCT should it be required, and all reports must be provided in the manner prescribed and in accordance with GDPR legislation, to ensure that the Authorities are able to access data as and when required.
Contracts are anticipated to go live in January 2023 and will run until the agreed number of assessments and interventions is completed. It is expected that the contract term will be less than a year.
In the event of any bidders not being able to complete the required amount of assessments in the timeframe specified, HCT reserves the right to award to additional bidders in order to complete the assessments.
Renewal: Contract may be extended for a further 12 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0368fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026017-2022
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Oct 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY NHS TRUST
- Contact Name
- David Beaven
- Contact Email
- davidbeaven@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 7887636524
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WELWYN GARDEN CITY
- Postcode
- AL7 1BW
- Post Town
- St Albans
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- TLH East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Electoral Ward
- Peartree
- Westminster Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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